Chapter 73: Will It Be Alive?
Seeing this, Tina asked Li Ming, "Is there any other way?"
Li Ming suddenly thought of a more interesting question, and asked Tina: "Before I answer the question you asked. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoPlease ask you a question. The symbol of your Lars Empire is a black dragon, and do you also claim to be descendants of dragons, and is it appropriate for you to enter the dragon's tomb?"
Tina replied succinctly: "Although the people of the Lars Empire worship the dragon, they have always regarded it as a totem and a symbol of spiritual power, and they have never regarded themselves as descendants of the dragon clan since ancient times. ”
Immediately afterwards, Rosie also expressed his attitude, eager to get a glimpse of the Gathering Spirit Temple's answer: "Since as Mr. said, my clan is not a descendant of the dragon clan. So I want to go in and see what the real dragon looks like?"
Li Ming replied: "Okay." Now that everyone has made up their minds. According to my latest research, there is actually a secret door hidden in this hall, but I have never had the opportunity to enter it. Let's take a look inside today. With that, he walked up to the third mural, raised his right arm, and pressed his index finger to the glowing orb that guided humans, wingmen, elves, and orcs to soar into the sky, unleashing magical energy.
It appears to be a white glowing sphere painted with paint, and then it emits a dazzling golden glow like a transparent crystal. Thundered... With the continuous flickering of golden light, the entire wall in front of Li Ming slowly shifted, revealing a dark and dark secret room. Anthropologists say, "Let's go in." ”
I saw that Li Ming took out a stick-like stone object full of magic energy from his white coat, which emitted a light blue light like a glow stick, and took the lead into the dark secret room. As an archaeologist who frequents and frequents the tombs, he has become completely accustomed to the dark environment and has no fears. Seeing this, Leonard and the others all followed the anthropologist into the secret room.
On the walls of this chamber there were more frescoes painted in a mess, apparently unfinished or just for practice. In the corner of the room, there are also several wooden paint buckets containing paint that has dried up. Several brushes and brushes were also discarded. Several cleaning tools such as mops and brooms lay on the ground.
It appears that this is just a storage room for painters and cleaners to store their belongings and tools. All of these items have decayed over thousands of years. Howling carelessly, he stepped on the wooden handle of a mop. Squeak - where the object was stepped on, it deflated into a puddle of debris.
In this dark room, which was not very large, everyone illuminated the surrounding environment with the help of the light released by Li Ming's light stick, and they were exploring around. Bran suddenly stretched out his hand, pointed to a certain location, and loudly reminded his companions: "Look! There is a staircase ahead!
The companions then turned around and looked in the direction he was pointing. I saw that under the light blue faint light, next to the innermost wall of the secret room, a cyan marble staircase more than two meters wide faintly appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
Li Ming responded loudly to Bran, and walked quickly to the front of the cyan marble staircase: "Of course you have to go up and have a look." The place is just a storage room for miscellaneous items. Everyone, please come up with me. ”
The anthropologist then climbed the stairs to the top and found a wooden door on the skylight. So he pushed it up with both hands, and the wooden door was opened. A bright white glow fell from the skylight into the dark chamber. The wooden door of this skylight is protected by the enchantment of the temple, so it has not decayed.
Li Ming continued to walk up, and as soon as his upper body showed the skylight, and after looking around, he couldn't help but shout loudly with excitement: "There is a new discovery! Everyone please come up quickly!"
So, the group hurriedly climbed the stairs and followed the anthropologist to the rooftop of the temple of the Gathering Spirits. Standing at the top of this magnificent building, you can enjoy a panoramic view of the primeval forest within a radius of several thousand meters. Looking up at the boundless blue sky overhead, the white clouds like cotton candy, and the bird's-eye view of the clear and sparkling streams on the tree-lined land in the distance only makes people feel extremely relaxed and happy.
Recovering from the atmosphere of enjoying the beautiful scenery, Leonard suddenly noticed something strange and asked Li Ming: "How can there be such a thick pillar in this place? Why didn't I find such a thing when I was under the temple? Could it be that at that time, my eyes were dazzled?"
I saw a pillar five or six meters high, three hugs thick (three people holding hands in a group, so that they could be surrounded), and also carved from cyan marble, standing in the center of the roof of the Gathering Spirit Temple. The column is also wrapped around a dragon-shaped relief with clear and recognizable details such as scales, claws, eyes, and tail.
Hearing this, Li Ming answered Leonard's doubts and asked his companions a question: "Your eyes don't have flowers. When we were all below, none of us could see the pillar. This is what I call a new discovery. Let's guess what causes this phenomenon. ”
Tina replied first, "It's a spell barrier." I could feel the entire rooftop surrounded by unusually powerful magical energy. ”
Obviously, Li Ming didn't agree with this statement: "The entire Gathering Spirit Temple is affected by the spell enchantment. But that's not enough to say that we don't notice the reason for the column's existence below. ”
Rosie had already thought of something and said, "I know. Actually, the reason is very simple..."
Li Ming stopped Rosie's speech and continued to sell Guanzi: "His Royal Highness the prince doesn't need to say it. ”
Howl was also interested in blinding: "I see. The pillar in front of us actually has no physical existence at all, it is just an illusion that only we can see. ”
Li Ming replied while taking out a small pebble from his arms and throwing it at the pillar: "Then you can go and touch it." How could it not be in that place?" The pebble struck the pillar and bounced off the cyan marble floor. This shows that this pillar is indeed real.
Suddenly, Li Ming found that the howl actually took what he said casually seriously, and ran forward, about to reach out to touch the pillar, and hurriedly and loudly dissuaded the other party: "Hey, don't be stupid! If there is any mechanism, it will be quite dangerous! Do you know why I carry a stone with me?" The orc warrior, who had already taken two or three big strides, heard this, and hurriedly turned around and ran back to the same place.
Bran also used his imagination to speculate on the current situation: "That's because when we ascended this rooftop, we were actually transported to another place. It's just that this place looks similar to the environment around the original Gathering Spirit Temple, which leads us to have an illusion. ”
Li Ming said, walked to the edge of the rooftop, and looked down: "Then you can look down with me." Bran followed. I saw that the guards of the amphibious tribe were still standing guard at the entrance of the stairs of the Gathering Spirit Temple.
Li Ming yelled at the amphibian guards, "Hey!-" At the same time, he shook the glow stick in his hand vigorously, releasing a dazzling light like a signal flare. The amphibian guards below the Gathering Spirit Temple saw Li Ming and Rosie from afar, and they also raised their arms in response.
Next, Li Ming took out a pair of binoculars covered with white iron sheets from his arms, looked at them himself, and then handed them to Bran: "See it." We're not somewhere in another space. The longbowman observed for a moment, and was speechless.
Leonard, who was standing beside Li Ming, finally affirmed and speculated in a categorical tone: "Then, there is only one last possibility left." That is, when we ascended this rooftop, the pillar had just risen from below the ground. ”
When Li Ming heard this, he asked Leonard: "In that case, why didn't any of these guards under the temple notice the abnormal phenomenon?
After greeting the anthropologist and Rossi, the amphibian guards continued to stand guard as usual, as if they had not noticed anything unusual, without showing any surprised expressions or making any unusual moves. The surface of the pillar was covered with dust, and there were no gaps in the ground where it was connected to the surface, and if you looked closely, it did not rise from below the ground.
When Leonard heard this, he couldn't help but wonder and asked, "So what the hell is going on?"
Crotty had apparently thought of the answer to the question and begged Li Ming: "The situation is actually not complicated. Mr. Li Ming, please give me a pebble, okay?"
As he spoke, Li Ming took out a small stone from his white coat and replied, "It seems that you have already guessed the answer." ”
Seeing this, Leonard, Tina, and Bran also suddenly guessed the general content of the riddle: "Oh." I get it too. "I see. "In fact, the hint of the anomaly is already very obvious. ”
Still pondering and puzzled, he eagerly asked his friends, "What do you all understand? Why am I still confused?"
Seeing that people like Leonard had already guessed the answer, Hanks, who was originally unwilling to show any interest in this boring thing, couldn't help but mutter: "We can see the object, and the people below can't see it... Don't... Don't... Is it related to distance..."
Leonard, who loves to perform, didn't wait for Li Ming to explain the reason, so he took the lead in opening his mouth: "Then let me explain the reason first." ”
Leonard then tried to dissect the root of the appearance: "First, everyone is standing on this rooftop, and the surroundings are so open, how can they not even feel the shadow of the wind?
Second, why did the amphibians who had guarded this temple for so long never climb up to the rooftop and discover the existence of this pillar? There is only one reason for this phenomenon, and that is that there are four invisible walls around this rooftop. Moreover, these walls are affected by the enchantment of the Gathering Spirit. So we can see what is going on outside from the inside. But the people outside could not perceive the pillars inside. ”
Rossi echoed Leonard's observation: "Indeed. More than once, we amphibians tried to climb the roof of this temple, but each time we were blocked by an invisible wall with an extremely smooth surface, and when we climbed, we would slide down and never be able to climb. Moreover, the invisible wall was as hard as the blue marble that made up the temple, and it could not be cut with a chisel or an axe. We tried many things but couldn't, and finally we had to give up. ”
Li Ming concluded with his latest research report: "Not only that, but there is also a special gravitational field in the sky above the Gathering Spirit Temple. As soon as birds, winged people, flying dragons, and other things fly near this place, they lose the ability to fly, and there is no way to land on this rooftop. And with my spell detection, the invisible walls around the rooftop are using a spell material that was lost a long time ago. The material is characterized by unidirectional transparency.
Under the influence of the Gathering Soul Temple enchantment, there is also a mirage spell system on the outside of these transparent walls that creates illusions, allowing people to see other scenes on the rooftop from below the temple, but not to detect the existence of the pillars. Then the anthropologist threw the pebble in his hand in front of him. Bang! The pebble smashed into an invisible wall and shattered. You can see how hard this wall is.
Among the group, Crotty, who was the most well-informed, reminded his friends to take note: "Protect it with such a powerful enchantment, and use it to disguise it with such a clever disguise." It can be seen that this pillar is an extraordinarily important object. ”
Li Ming, who has a lot of experience in exploring ancient tombs, also called on everyone to be careful: "So everyone must be cautious. It wouldn't be surprising if there were mechanisms or even guardian beasts in a place like this. ”
Then, Li Ming explained the basic matters that should be paid attention to when entering suspicious places and touching suspicious objects: "First of all, fully use magic to detect. Secondly, throw stones to ask for directions - use stones to throw suspicious locations in turn, and trigger the mechanism as first as possible.
Again, use this spell light stick in my hand that changes color when it detects a poisonous gas, so as not to inhale the poisonous gas and die without knowing how it will die, and never use open flame lighting to avoid detonating the flammable gas and blowing yourself to pieces.
Finally, slowly approach suspicious objects with eyes and ears, and be ready to duck behind cover or lie on the ground. With that, the anthropologist crouched down and pressed his hands to the ground, casting spell energy. From him to the column, a large area covered with cyan marble slabs vibrated slightly. Thundered...
After a while, Li Ming's forehead was dripping with large beads of sweat, and he stood up and beckoned to his companions: "From here to the area between the pillars, no abnormalities have been detected by spells. Now, all of you will follow me as you approach this pillar. The vibration of the teal marble floor stopped. So, Leonard and the others followed the anthropologist and slowly approached the stout marble pillar carved with dragon motifs.
Tina was a little surprised by Li Ming's actions just now, and asked the anthropologist: "May I ask Mr. Li Ming, how did you detect that there was no anomaly?
Li Minghui turned around and explained in a conclusive manner: "For me, vibration is enough. This is because the vibrational frequency of each substance is different. I use magic energy to detect the vibrational frequency of the matter in front of me, and if I don't detect clutter of different frequencies, then there is no problem. The column and floor in front of me are made of cyan marble.
If you have a guardian beast, you need to have at least a powertrain. Traps need devices that can explode, release rolling stones, or shoot hidden arrows. None of these powertrains or devices could have been made of a single cyan marble, and if they were mixed with other substances, they would have been detected by the spells I had released to detect clutter of different frequencies. ”
Closely following behind Li Ming, Leonard, who was full of brains, looked at the lifelike dragon-shaped relief on the column, and the closer he looked, the more he felt that the details of this object were extremely rich, as if there was really a giant dragon entrenched on the column, so he worriedly reminded the anthropologist: "Hey. Great scientists. I also had a question, could this dragon on the pillar be alive?"